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For which smartphone platform you'd like NetXMS client to be developed?

Apple iPhone
Google Android
Symbian
Windows Mobile
I don't need smartphone client
Blackberry

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Victor Kirhenshtein

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Smartphone client
« on: December 26, 2009, 12:11:23 am »

For which smartphone platform you'd like NetXMS client to be developed? If you don't see any need for mobile client, please answer "I don't need smartphone client" so we know how important this feature is.

Best regards,
Victor
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jdowney

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Re: Smartphone client
« Reply #1 on: January 19, 2010, 12:28:54 pm »

What about blackberry?
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Victor Kirhenshtein

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Re: Smartphone client
« Reply #2 on: January 19, 2010, 01:19:31 pm »

Currently we don't have blackberry device for testing, and I have no idea how hard development for blackberry could be. It's not very popular in my country, so I just forgot to include it in the list. However, I'll add blackberry to the list to see how big is demand for blackberry client.

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Victor
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Re: Smartphone client
« Reply #3 on: June 17, 2010, 05:28:56 am »

It'll be nice if we can use it for iPhone. Hope you can develop one for it. Would be nice to use it on my iPhone.  :o
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Re: Smartphone client
« Reply #4 on: March 29, 2012, 10:08:21 am »

I would strongly recommend Android. The app can be used on tablets and mobiles.
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Victor Kirhenshtein

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Re: Smartphone client
« Reply #5 on: March 29, 2012, 04:25:22 pm »

I would strongly recommend Android. The app can be used on tablets and mobiles.
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Actually it's already available: http://www.netxms.org/download/netxms-console-1.1.10.R6.apk :)

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Re: Smartphone client
« Reply #6 on: April 02, 2012, 12:42:21 pm »

Although not using NetXMS on a mobile device myself (yet), a mobile version can undoubtedly be useful in remote monitoring.
From the list of technologies proposed, the two dominant players these days are Apple and Google. Blackberry in on the decline, Nokia moved from Symbian to Windows Mobile but both companies are still lacking far behind on market share. Since an Android client already exist, I would guess efforts should be spent on iOS devices (iPhone & iPad)
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Re: Smartphone client
« Reply #7 on: April 02, 2012, 12:54:56 pm »

Ok I agree to a point, with you point DanG but I think you are looking at the consumer market rather than the business market. Blackberries are still there as companies have invested in there BES. Yes there numbers are in decline but I would say mostly in the consumer market.

Would it not be easier to have push email setup on the phone for alerts? Then a fully functional Web interface for the mobile meaning it will work on iphones / blackberry / Windows phone etc ...

Just my 2 cents....

John
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Re: Smartphone client
« Reply #8 on: April 02, 2012, 10:56:42 pm »

Jdowney,  I agree that Blackberry is indeed present at companies, we use them ourselves as well. However I believe even in the business segment Blackberry is losing ground, and my personal bet is that it won’t change soon.

Sending notification mail to any device supporting email can be done today in NetXMS, however it does not always give you enough information to take adequate action. In team context it does not tell you who is on the case and were action already taken by the time you’ve noticed the alarm. A reduced mobile interface can assist here a lot.
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Re: Smartphone client
« Reply #9 on: April 23, 2012, 10:19:49 am »

Iphone client would be nice, the new web interface is very usable on ipad 2 but not as much on iphone due to the limited screen size
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